Democrats controlling both chambers of the Nevada Legislature went into this year’s session with lofty environmental goals, but some bills died without a vote.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo holds the single session veto record, but he’s still more than 20 vetoes away from holding the all-time record.
Gov. Joe Lombardo and lawmakers in the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed hundreds of bills this year, though Lombardo set a record for the number of vetoes in one session.
The previous record for vetoes in a single session was 48, set by former Gov. Jim Gibbons in 2009.
The governor’s signature on the legislation ends a lengthy process in which the A’s sought to move from their longtime home in the Bay Area.
The law increases the sentences for reckless driving resulting in substantial bodily harm or death while going more than 50 mph over the speed limit.
A bill to provide $380 million in public funding for a new baseball stadium in Las Vegas that will play host to the Oakland A’s was approved by the Nevada Legislature.
Senate Bill 335 would stay summary evictions for up to 60 days for pending rental assistance applicants. Gov. Joe Lombardo has yet to sign or veto the measure.
The bill allocates $64.5 million for a new school, to replace a decades-old building that sits adjacent to a hydrocarbon plume.
The Nevada Senate Tuesday voted 13-8 to approve $380 million in public financing for a baseball stadium in Las Vegas that’s planned to house the relocated Oakland A’s.
Gov. Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 391, which prohibits towns from sounding a siren, bell or alarm associated with an ordinance that required people of a particular race to leave at a certain time.
The Nevada Assembly is set to hold an “informational hearing” on a $380 million public funding package for a proposed Las Vegas baseball stadium to house the Oakland A’s.
State data shows that Nevada has at least 14 psychiatric residential treatment facilities other than the recently closed Never Give Up Youth Healing Center.
The Legislature adjourned Thursday without taking a vote on the Oakland A’s stadium plan, a sign that negotiations in the Senate hadn’t produced a resolution.
The law designates the third Monday in June as Juneteenth and requires state, county and city offices to close.